Carbon Offsetting

Nipaluna Nursery is a local Tasmanian environmental not-for-profit organisation of volunteers. We grow and plant natives on properties in the Midlands and East Coast of Tasmania to address the impacts of climate change. 

We are not an official or certified carbon offset provider as yet. We strive to ensure the trees survive and capture carbon, but we cannot promise exact amounts or guarantee how long the carbon will stay stored. Please look at our photo page to check how our projects are going.

If you are a business or organisation choosing to offset your carbon through this program, you can contact us to see if you are eligible to use the "Supporting Nipaluna Nursery’s Carbon Offset Program" logo to acknowledge your contribution.

Please note that the research behind the following figures can be found here. We were quite shocked at the actual cost of offsetting travel and we understand if you want choose to only make a partial offset donation. Our calculations show the true cost on getting trees in the ground which includes ground preparation, tree protection, planting and maintenance.

Estimated Cost of Planting with Nipaluna Nursery

Nipaluna Nursery is a volunteer organisation that cares for plants from the seed to one year post planting. To get the trees planted on properties requires organising fencing to be complete (by the property owner), ground preparation, tree protection, planting labour and watering/weeding.

The following are Nipaluna Nursery’s estimated cost to plant trees to offset your carbon emissions.

Item Cost

Plant $2.20 Native tube stock

Guard (600mm x 300mm) $2.40 Core flute guard for browser protection

Stake (900mm) $1.10 Hardwood stake to hold guard

Ground Preparation $4.00 Contractor for cultivation and autumn spraying before winter planting

Planting $3.00 Volunteers (event organisation and travel) and contractors

Maintenance $7.30 Contractor and volunteer (landowner) for watering and weeding - two visits

Total cost per plant $20.00

When you offset your carbon emissions with us, native corridors will be planted on your behalf. As they grow, these plants remove carbon from the atmosphere to reduce the impacts of climate change. A long International return flight uses approximately 4.4 tonnes of Co2.

One tonne of CO2 can be offset by 30-45 natives.

Alternatively you can offset your flights by joining us and planting 120-180 native plants on one of our planting days in July/August.

How To Calculate Your Carbon Offset Cost:

1.     Calculate the distance you will be travelling in km.

2.     Multiply the distance in km by $0.072. This will equal how much it will cost to fully offset your air travel.

3.     Donate using the donation button below or

4.     Alternatively, you can offset your flights by joining us and planting native plants on one of our planting days in winter.

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